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I must say, the Japanese soldiers were stupid. Many of their actions made no sense. They really believed, like Hitler's Nazis, that they were a superior race, and that it was their sacred duty to uplift the poor, colonized Asians and to liberate them!

— Robert Kuok Robert Kuok: A Memoir (2018)

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I realized that true human values and human worth have almost zero connection with money.

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